OK, here's one for my list of favorites. :)

Can't wait to get home so I can watch this one a second time and get into some of the details. I really liked all the action and the darker story line. And I really wanted to see Propheci again, especially since he and the Prophets add another level of complication to the overall story line. That way the series isn't just Artha versus Word all the time. So now we've got Artha, Word, Propheci and, to some degree, Moordryd, each with their own agenda. That should keep things interesting. And like "Faster than Fear," the animation was really good on this one, much better than "Track of Doom" (though I thought Propheci's animation was good in that episode).

So the first question we have to speculate on his how far could Propheci reach into Mortis' mind with the gear? Propheci was able to sense that Mortis and Artha were friends, but could he read anything further? For example, if Mortis is Connor, does Propheci know that now? You'd think something like that would be high up in Mortis' mind so that Propheci could pick it up right away, but Propheci didn't say anything about that. Does that mean perhaps Mortis isn't Connor? Or does it mean that Mortis, being a trained Dragon Priest, was able to block at least some of his memories from Propheci? Or is it the amnesia cliche and Mortis can't remember he's Connor and therefore Propheci couldn't read it either? Interesting questions for future episodes.

I also liked the idea of adding in Wulph to the "who do you trust" theme of the episode so that it's a little more complex than just Artha dealing with just Propheci.

And I was particularly happy to see the episode end with the possibility of seeing Propheci again in the future.

I've got more I want to talk about on this one, but this is all the time I have tonight.

But what happened in the story????????

I loved the defient Parm, and Lance too his Mini-Mortis act to the next level. Too bad Tyranus Pax wasn't in this. But Wulph is one of my favorite humans (after #1Moordryd, #2Lance, #3 Kitt, and #4Cain) so I could stand it!
Not exactly fellow Prophets! Impeach Propheci, for he is imbecilic, greedy, and a liar! Elect that one dragon that decided to work with Reepyr!
Drac! Mortis has magic powers! And a drac staff!

That's going to make Sarah cringe, I'm sure... :P

I didn't see this one. Poo. :angry: But from what you're explaining, it seems very, very interesting...the fact that they gave Mortis a more complex role makes things even more interesting. Hmm...*lost in thought*

PLEEEEEASSEEEEE!

Can someone telll me a sipnopsis of the chapter?????????

:D Okay! :D
Propheci is seen running through a (most likely) Down-City street.
Cut to Artha and Parm right before a race. Wulph comes up and says that the gear choice Parm made is wrong for a certian turn, and Parm gets mad and brings up when the Army of the Dragon worked for Word Payyn.
During the race, Wulph stops Artha before he can make the turn, and Wulph's crewmate (I'm guessing Trakkur), who had already made the turn, comes running back in fear. Right behind him in Propheci. Despite Wulph's proptests, Penn Racing takes him back to the stables. Wulph is sure that they'll get in trouble, so sends a tracking dragon after them.
In the dragon temple, Mortis convinces the others to trust Propheci, who, through Mortis, spouts a story about how there has been unrest throughout the Prophets since the Track of Doom escapade. Artha agrees to go with Propheci to settle things. Kitt decides to follow. Suddenly, Propheci betrays them, and we see all the Prophets' riders in a sort of dungeon. Artha (as DB by the way), Kitt, Beau, and Wylfyr are locked up as well.
Lance, Parm, Fracshun, and Cyrano are waiting outside with worried expressions. Wulph and Trakkur come up and tells them that this place is dangerous, and Lance lies that that is why Artha 'went for help'. Suddenly, they are anbushed by Prophets and dragged inside. But, miricale of miricales, Lance can fit through the bars. He tells Wulph and Parm that he'll only open the door if they stop fighting, so they agree. All run off to find Kitt and the DB.
There's a huge fight with the Prphets, who wanr to take over the city by the way, but one orange dragon changes his mind, and helps Reepyr oppose Propheci. As the other six and their dragons run out, Reepyr acivates a red bomb-like contraption, trapping all of the Prophets, including himself, in the Track of Doom. But in that little two minute bit at the end, we see Propheci's eye open, I think this isn't over yet!
:D Well, there you go! :D

Thanks!!

What did Mortis all those time?? just sit down and wait what happened?

Is there A/K tension is there A/K tension is there A/K tension is there A/K tension is there A/K tension is there A/K tension? (Yes, I KNOW I'm hopeless and pathetic! :P)

Wow, Wulph and Parm arguing, eh? MAAAAAAAN, I wanna see this episode! :D And your quote "miracle of miracles" made me laugh.

I believe Mortis gets controlled. :unsure:

Yup! :( Poor Mortis, he has no free will for 3/4 of the episode!
As for A/K tension, well, something made Kitt follow Artha. If it was love or distrudt for Propheci, or even both, I have no clue!

Um, if you mean tension as in a few seconds of dialogue between them, then I suppose so. I mean, I was looking forward to that sort of thing as well, but BOOM! The Prophets come and Kitt ends up behind bars, separated from Artha who's been getting his butt whooped by Mortis/Propheci himself - it's like watching a fly get smacked by a swatter, repeatedly - before he's forced to transformed into Dragon Booster (surprisingly without the cliche transformation) and gets his butt whooped even more. <_<

Yes, this is one of my favorites as well. There's literally so much epic tension in the series now. :)

Indeed, I like his addition in the conflict, and this episode is just the result of so many other episodes, mainly "The Chromatic Dragon" (Parm just doesn't quit bringing up that Wulph worked for Word Paynn), "Track of Doom" (Propheci and Reepyr), and "Faster Than Fear" (Lance does his drag-plane coolness. :D )

There's a lot of things to mention as well:

- The tracking dragon from the Army of the Dragon is just plain cute, next to the yellow-bellied newt and those things from the drag-box in "The Choosing Part 2". I think it's the closest we can get to a real dragon, or more of a dragonfly, since it actually flies. :D

- Fracshun acts independent! It's a cool tidbit just to see him suspect something on his own will. :)

- Wooden furniture is overrated. Parm just stands on it for a minute and breaks faster than Little Bear's chair when Goldilocks sat on it.

- Your average Dragon City citizen knows about the 3000-year-old legends as well! I guess that means they do have history classes in their curriculum. :)

- The taxi dragon doesn't need to worry about orange dragons. :)

- Just how did Artha determine that Propheci was in a lot of pain when Propheci was faking it all along? Did he just glance at his unconsciousness and say "Yep, he's totally injured!"? Does that mean he enjoys whacking his oversized brain all around? <_< Another plothole - since when did they have green trapping gear?

- Did anyone notice how Lance was reaching out for Mortis while the latter was being magged by Propheci? Lance must've spent way too much time with Mortis to be that close. :blink:

- In my opinion, Lance is the real star here. Who activates Cyrano's red thrusting gear to disrupt the Army of the Dragon, escapes through the bars of the Prophets' prison, and flies on a drag-plane while inexplicably dodging giant streams of mag-blasts and releases the Kitt and Reepyr with the touch of a button? Also, despite his age, he's literally the wisest person around, next to Mortis. It's quite funny how he points out that Wulph and Parm are on the same side, which was literal as the two were still imprisoned together. :lol: This gives me so much reason to like Lance even more.

- How did Mortis get his staff back when Mortis/Propheci threw it down earlier to give DB a world full of spanking?

- I'm a bit disappointed with Kitt's role here, but at least she joins in the action for a few seconds, actaully using her blocking staff for once. :D

- Is it just me or should this episode be awarded for "Most Reusing and Repeating of Animation in the Most Number of Ways"? This is most apparent when Artha gets his butt whooped, by the way. (Also, this is vaguely similar to "Artha the Drac" in a sense that Artha gets the bad end of things in an extreme manner. Sarah Frost might like this episode for the literal Sue-bashing.)

Daaaaamn. :(

Anybody remember the shaky stool from "The Wraith Booster" Artha was standing on?

This must be their religion, not their average mythology. Makes sense, since everybody believes these or knows about them.

This is very noticeable. Lance is very wise without even knowing it. This is probably the whole Mini-Mortis thing, as Mortis is 98% chance Connor, Lance's father.

...I should have that category in the episode nominations! :P (Oh yeah, Sarah will definitely like Artha getting bashed around. Though if they do that too much, something's gonna get disturbing...)

Still, the episode was fairly drac. of, and the guy who's saying the whole 'orange dragons are only bread for one thing: Dragon-Human war' thing, that's Hazzard from Pyrrah's crew!

Hazaard?! Hey, didn't that guy open a discussion in "Opposing Force" between Phistus? Also, question: did they use the actual names in this episode? I mean, they have names, so just like "The Wraith Booster", they gotta use 'em once in a while! ;)

Well, I'm not sure if "Prophet's Motive" showed today on CBC, because CBC decided to be unpredictable YET AGAIN and move Dragon Booster at 4:00 instead of 4:30 today and thus, we have a new schedule. (I KNEW I should've tuned it at 4:00!)

Mortis was being controlled by Propheci for most of the episode. Propheci arrived in Dragon City without a rider and faked an injury in front of Artha apparently to snag Mortis with his control gear specifically. Once Propheci gets the gear on Mortis, he can talk through him and explains that he figured Artha must have a Dragon Priest for a mentor (since Propheci knows Artha is the Dragon Booster from "Track of Doom"). That line makes me think Propheci came specifically to get Mortis.

There's another important plot point here: Propheci reveals that Artha and company triggered a sort of internal conflict among the Prophets when they passed the Track of Doom and proved that humans and dragons could work together. I have to watch the episode again to go over Propheci's description one more time, but the conflict might possibly be close to a civil war among the Prophets. Some of the orange dragons want to change the way they deal with humans and others don't, either because they fear the change or just don't want to change. One of the reasons I like this episode is because of the continuity: something Artha and company did a number of episodes back triggered a series of other events that has an effect on future episodes, and apparently, on the overall story arc. This is the type of stuff I like to see in shows.

Propheci tricks Artha into coming back to their underground lair saying he needs Artha's help. But when they get there, he imprisons Artha instead. Propheci reveals that coming to Dragon City and snagging Mortis was a trick to get Artha and Beau locked away. With them out of the way, Propheci wants to start the war.

We also meet up with Reepyr who has been imprisoned with most, if not all, of the other humans who were part of the Prophets crew. He explains more about the conflict among the Prophets. Reepyr tried to seal in the entire Prophets crew while they worked to resolve the conflict among themselves before it could spread and affect Dragon City.

By act 3, Propheci is close to winning as they've got Beau pinned down and Propheci is using Mortis to attack Artha, who obviously won't fight back against his mentor. Lance frees everyone and Kitt, Parm, Wulph and Lance all rejoin with their dragons to help Artha. This demonstration of dragons and humans working together is enough to convince one unnamed orange dragon to make the decision to trust Reepyr. Those two then work together to free Mortis from Propheci's control and help Artha and company to escape while at the same time going through with Reepyr's plan to seal in Prophets crew by detonating a mine that collapses the entrance to their lair.

Heck of an action episode and the only one I think other than "Rules of Power" were the outcome was decided by a dragon (other than Beau). Two more reasons this episode goes on my list of favorites.

YAY!!!!

I wanna watch it

Propheci definitely has his own ideas about how things should be done. :) It's stated in the story that orange dragons were originally breed for war, so the fact that Propheci automatically goes for the violent solution to any problem I think fits in with that. Also, if the Prophets change their ways and work with their humans rather than controlling them, it means Propheci (and the other orange dragons) will be giving up some of their power and control. Few people with power willingly give it up and I guess it could be said the same applies to dragons. There's also the change element: most people resist any sort of change, even if it's for the better. So the fact that some of the Prophets don't want to change simply for that sake I think is believable.

I thought Propheci was pretty believable in this episode. Even though Artha and company saved his life and passed the Track of Doom, he isn't going to change overnight and suddenly become a good guy no more so than Moordryd is after what he learned in "Pride of the Hero." At the same time though, the fact that Propheci admitted in "Track of Doom" that maybe dragons and humans could work together and the fact that he let Artha and his friends go indicates that he can potentially come around to be an ally to some degree. It kind of looks like Propheci may have a character arc along the line of Moordyrd's (but without the father issues, of course). Or he may just stay dangerous. :) It's possible he may end up being deposed by the rest of his crew. I think he'll be an interesting character to watch to see which way he decides to go.

Yeah, it's definitely nice to see a dragon make a decision and act independently of any human, particularly for a bold decision like this one. I hope we see more of that kind of stuff. I'm also looking forward to seeing how the Prophets resolve their own internal conflict.

Yes, we were shown the staff has powers back in "Fanning the Flames," so I think that was nicely foreshadowed. I don't think it's ever been stated, but I've been assuming that the staff is made out of gold draconium and is basically "gear" that can generate mag energy bolts. It's also possible that Propheci was adding his own mag energy into the mix, making the staff even more powerful.

One thing's for certain now: Mortis can fight with the best of them. I'm hoping that this is foreshadowing Mortis having a more direct role in future conflicts.

My thought is that in becoming a dragon priest, the priest has a little gold draconium stored in their bones... just a thought, mind you, because, when mortis was attacking Artha w/o his staff and off Propheci, well... i guessed he had a little
(as in like maybe a fist worth) of gold draconium in his bones... draconium IS stored in dragon bones, so why not human bones? :)

Actually, this "force lightning" effect from Mortis is supposed to be more like the channeling of draconium energy from Prophici, rather than the energy originating from within Mortis. B)


(Woot, first post!)

This was one of the best episodes every for DB. It had a very good moral to the story you shouldn't judge someone untill you have been in their shoes. A important lesson now adays.

Eeeeee! 3Dpete are you one of the wonderfully amazing people that works on the show?! That would be wicked indeed :D But if not, sweet av, where'd you get it?

Hi Jouroo,

Yup, I work at Nerd Corps. I model and composite. Those Mortis shots were a lot of fun! I comped this episode about 2 or 3 months ago. Just started working on the 3rd season yesterday.

Awesome forum by the way, took me awhile before I checked it out. I've heard some talk around here about it.
Big thanks for checking out the show! It's nice to see it's not just my mom watching this great toon! :P

I'd say the nerds here are some of the most skilled artists around, and all around pretty cool... but "wonderfully amazing" !? Naw!
:lol: Heheh

YAY!!!!
:D
WE'RE BEING VISITED BY the STARS BEHIND THE SHOW!!!

It's pretty cool to hear the forum gets talked about. I can't say as I ever expected that. I have to wonder how crazy some people think we must be... :)

And of course, we wouldn't be here discussing the show the way we do if it didn't strike a chord with us. So thanks for making the show as cool and involving as it is!

I can pretty much guarantee you it isn't just us and your mom watching. :) The www.dragon-city.org Fan Site I run has recorded hits from 22 countries so far for the month of October (I'll post the list at the end of the month). This could go up further as search engine placement improves over time. So there are definitely fans going to the Internet to find out more about the show.

Yeah, I got that when I saw Mortis and Propheci. (at laaast! *hugs CBC* Oh, 3DPete, I love your dragon toy avvie. :))

Alright, this episode is...somewhat creepy (in the most positive way possible :P). Out-of-control Propheci running around and bashing into people, an orange forcing pod being mag-blasted onto Mortis' head, Mortis trying to resist and twitching and shaking, Mortis attacking Artha as ever so strong Dragon Booster and tossing him back and forth like a worthless rag doll...yes, it was creepy. And excellent. B)

So the whole cool mag-blasting from the orange dragons must be mag-fire. And Mortis scares me. The whole channeling of mag-energy from Propheci into his staff and into his hands makes me just sit there in awe. (Though the whole mag-bolts coming out of hands was a bit, I dunno...weird for the atmosphere and a bit too cliche?)

...you know, now that I think about it, in several of the Dragon Booster pics (not screenshots, mostly desktops and other stuff), gold mag-energy is shooting from Artha's jakk-stick. Perhaps this may be the mag-energy channeling Rob hinted us about? :)

Now for the concrit. From my impression, Parm can't take criticism from Wulph. The K/A moment was ruined when Kitt called Parm's name, and now we're back with the K/P. *wants more K/A* The tracker dragon was an interesting creature, almost eerie (like I said, creepy episode; I'll need that in the nominations), and Artha getting tossed back and forth was actually a more interesting side of Artha, the fact that he's actually getting beat up like that, and by someone most likely his father. Lance is what Daigerus points out. Mortis, now, I wasn't so sure what my opinion is on him in this one. I was expecting a more canonical view from him than a few mentor lines, and then a bit of controlling after that (make that more). It seems like everybody knows about the legends as well.

Now, I didn't spot much inconsistency, technical or continuity errors, but there was a lot of reused and tweaked animation in here. WHOA. And Reepyr's voice was...I'm not sure, it just didn't really sound like Reepyr from "The Track of Doom", IMO. And Parm just keeps talking about Wulph and how Wulph is still on Word's side and yeah, I felt he wasn't much of Parm in here with the personality flaw (which, thankfully, was fixed). And I couldn't catch the whole "Mortis' staff smiley face at end of it Easter Egg" thing; what shot is it at?

Oh yes, wooden furniture is overrated. (Though if I jumped on an unstable rickety wooden stool a couple of times and stomped on it as well, I don't expect it to stay up.) The ridiculous gravity-defying moment after the stool collapsed was also funny. Oh yes, when Propheci was just charging at Artha and Wulph and Artha was doing that O_o twitchy eye face was absolutely priceless. :lol: If somebody gets a screenie of that face, I will be forever grateful to them.

Good episode. :)

Good you saw the ep it about time :D :D :D :D

You know, now that I've rewatched this, I realized that there's a lot of slow-mo Matrix stuff happening here, to the point where all the dragons are stiff. This, I assure you, is not a really good thing. I mean, I understand budget, but it would've been better if they were actually moving a bit instead of just standing stiff.

And you know, I just saw LoTR: TFoTR and I realized that controlled Mortis using mag-energy magic has very similar powers and traits to Gandalf and Sarumon's (or however you spell his name) fight, except that we can actually see how they've getting hit, with visible mag-blasts. Artha is thrown to a wall a multitude of times, Gandalf is thrown at the wall and the ceiling a multitude of times.

I believe the "red bomb-like contraption" is called a Fire Grenade. :D

Right, full title: Red Fire Grenade. Obviously red draconium gear, just not gear, but a weapon. If you ever saw the Dragon Booster TCG card of Dragon Eye Blarre or Army of the Dragon member Stalkyrr (?), you'll see that they seem to be holding weapons differring from mag-staffs, disruptor flashes, mines, or blackouts, and flash sticks. Stalkyrr holds something that looks like guns, probably mag-shooters, and Blarre seems to be holding green draconium bombs or something. This means that not everybody in Dragon City uses a mag-staff (e.g. Phistus uses a hammer (observe, so does Rancydd in "The Stand); Pyrrah uses a strange weapon that looks like a cutting contraption; mag-slicer, perhaps? *has just realized that if this is the case, Artha could've been dead by now*)

The tracking dragon is a curious looking little critter, isn't it? It doesn't seem to mind being carried around inside that shell until it's needed. Doesn't it need food or water? Or does it sort of hibernate in there? It looked like it was kind of waking up when Ferryt opened it. (At least, I think that guy's name is Ferryt as listed in the trading card game.) Perhaps the shell it was in induces it to hibernate?

I wonder if it's supposed to be sentient or is just an animal. It would have to be fairly intelligent to be able to track something on its own like it did without being distracted by something else. Even a dog can't do that without being reminded to stay on track periodically because their attention span is so short. And it knew how to stay out of sight when Fracshun thought he heard something. Pretty high degree of intelligence if it's just an animal.

So far it's the only creature we've seen that can truly fly (unlike Beau who simply glides). And of course, it has wings like a real world Dragon Fly. :D What else, right?

Cute little guy in any event.

Yes I thought he was adorable as well :D

But I was thinking about that also Furox. Same dealio with the little dudes in the Drag-Boxes.

Yeah, I think I want one. :)

I got the impression that those little orange guys were just animals. They seemed to just mindlessly go about eating the draconium in the gear when they landed on Beau. They didn't seem to be organized or have a plan of attack. The tracking dragon, on the other hand, seemed to know what it was doing and was clever enough to stay out of sight. I could be wrong though. After all, it wasn't quite clever enough to avoid running into the closing door of the stable. :D

It's quite hard to discern, especially now in "Still Water Freezes". Too bad it's not exclusive to the Army of the Dragon anymore. :( Thought its purplish coloring would be a sign of that.

Parm mentions about overriding the program in the tracking dragon, indicating that it could be easily manipulated technologically, but ironically Parm can't even get it off the palm of his hand, despite his previous command.

It's similar to a shaky, old-fashioned TV: it won't do anything until you give it a swift kick (or in this case, a blood-curdling roar). ;)

Hey, I saw the episode too!! It seems that Propheci used a type of gear similar to a DragBox but with the powers of Black Control Gear. Propheci too is a smart dragon and probably has hidden powers like Beau because his lair the Track of Doom had 3 Bonemarks in it(the Furox Bonemark, the Blue Bonemark and a Green Bonemark) oh by the way HI 3DPete!! I'm kinda new on this message board place and all and I'm sayin hi because I am a HUGE fan of DragonBooster and its cool that you are posting here AND that you work for NerdCorps which helped MAKE DragonBooster!!!! :D :D

Hey Skylii, I think this is the image you're talking about haha! I really like this shot, although if I had time I would've liked to add a reflection of Propheci in Artha's visor.
:rolleyes:




Hi DragonBooster500, thanks for watching! Just wait until you see what's comming up. I've been checking out episodes 20-26 and they look fantastic!!

YAY!

YES! YEH-HES, THAT'S TEH ONE!!! *laughs maniacally* Thank you so much! I loved that face to bits, it was priceless! *falls off chair laughing* :P (Though Propheci seen in Artha's visor could've been interesting, too. :))

(As an off-topic question, I glimpsed Word in a Dragon Taxi in "Artha the Drac". If you worked on this scene, here's my in-a-nutshell question: a character model excuse, an Easter Egg, or just an interesting tidbit to the plot? ;))

What means with that????


Or are ya just playing with us (Let's see how many hidden things our fans can found)?

Yep, that's what I mean by Easter Egg.

More slang for my vocabulary :D:D:D:D:D:D

I learned something todaY :D